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Human Resources Guide for Working with Employees Experiencing Vision Loss
Working with an employee who experiences vision loss can initially be challenging for human resources (HR) managers and supervisors unfamiliar with blindness or low vision, especially if unaware of the various accommodations available to assist persons with vision loss in completing job duties. This guide provides useful information and guidance for HR staff who are helping employees who experience vision loss maintain employment.
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Accessibility Resources for Communications Professionals
Creating accessible content helps ensure everyone, including people with blindness or low vision and those who use assistive technology, can access and engage with your information. These companion resources were developed for communications professionals who create emails, websites, social media content, documents, graphics, videos, and other digital communications.
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Just Ask: Working Alongside Blind and Low Vision Colleagues
This short video offers practical guidance for coworkers, supervisors, and employers on creating a welcoming and accessible workplace for colleagues who are blind or have low vision. It covers respectful interactions, assistive technology, workplace orientation, accessible digital content, and appropriate ways to offer assistance, emphasizing one simple principle: when you are unsure, just ask! This video also includes a guide with practical strategies for creating a more inclusive workplace.
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Accessible Documents
The following are links to resources and information for making your documents more accessible.
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Creating an Accessible Word Document
Provides tips and guidance for formatting, designing, and saving an accessible document and PDF.
NRTC Guide for Creating Accessible PDFs
Provides tips for creating a PDF document with Adobe Acrobat Pro that meets accessibility standards.
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Accessibility Recommendations for Online Surveys
The following document provides recommendations on improving the accessibility of online surveys for users with blindness or low vision.
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QR Code Accessibility Guide
The following document provides steps for accessing a QR code for iPhone and Android.
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Accessibility Resources
The most common challenge experienced in the workplace by people who are blind or have low vision is inaccessible documents, according to a recent NRTC study. These resources provide guidance and information for making your documents accessible to all employees.
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Inquiring Minds Series
When considering hiring someone with blindness or low vision, there are many questions that employers have. These brief recordings will explore some of these questions and give you a better idea of how work is done by thousands of individuals with blindness or low vision every day.
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Meet Employees
Our Employee Spotlights introduce you to talented people with blindness and low vision who work successfully in a wide variety of careers.
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Blind People Can’t Perform This Job…Or Can They?
This brief article describes findings from our research on the attitudes of hiring managers towards individuals who are blind or visually impaired (B/VI) and how these attitudes are impacted by knowledge of how B/VI individuals can complete workplace tasks. Written with employers in mind, it provides an overview of the services provided by vocational rehabilitation agencies to employers and makes the case for why hiring an individual with B/VI can be an asset for any organization. It also contains a brief quiz where employers can test their own knowledge of how B/VI individuals complete job tasks.
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Implicit Association Test (IAT-BVI)
The NRTC developed an IAT to measure implicit attitudes about the competence of individuals who are blind or visually impaired, the IAT-BVI. This test examines how readily a person associates the concept of competence with vision level (sighted or blind).
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